Jeff in Venice, Death in Varanasi

A "New York Times "Notable Book

A Best Book of the Year: "The Economist, The New Yorker, San Francisco Chronicle, Slate.com, "and"Time"

In Venice, at the Biennale, a jaded, bellini-swigging journalist named Jeff Atman meets a beautiful woman and they embark on a passionate affair.

In Varanasi, an unnamed journalist (who may or may not be Jeff) joins thousands of pilgrims on the banks of the holy Ganges. He intends to stay for a few days but ends up remaining for months.

Their journey--as only the irrepressibly entertaining Geoff Dyer could conjure--makes for an uproarious, fiendishly inventive novel of Italy and India, longing and lust, andthe prospect of neurotic enlightenment. "From the Trade Paperback edition."